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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lacey Township Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
819
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACEY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340810000242
Lacey Township Middle School
660 DENTON AVENUE, FORKED RIVER, NJ 08731 · (609) 242-2100 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
271 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 261 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 277 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lacey Township Middle School→Lacey Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lacey Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 34.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lacey Township Middle School
Lacey Township Middle School's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Township Middle School this school | 819 | 33.1% | 38.7% |
| Southern Regional Middle School MANAHAWKIN | 865 | 28.6% | 48.9% |
| Stafford Intermediate School Manahawkin | 657 | 28.3% | 47.1% |
| Glen Meadow Middle School VERNON | 617 | 25.4% | 37.5% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Macopin Middle School WEST MILFORD | 675 | 22.2% | 33.2% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lacey Township Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #270 of 433 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #240 of 437 ▲ 14 | #5 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #258 of 437 ▲ 31 | #6 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #84 of 445 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #382 of 417 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #381 of 419 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #215 of 436 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.9% | #27 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
819
+160 (+24%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 819 | 61 | 13.4:1 | 33% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 68.3 | 12.4:1 | 28% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 56.5 | 10.1:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 55 | 12.0:1 | 27% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 53.5 | 12.8:1 | 27% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 31% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 774 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 15% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lacey Township Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (683 to 819); teachers up 14% (53.5 to 61).
About Lacey Township Middle School
Lacey Township Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in FORKED RIVER, New Jersey. It enrolls 819 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 42% larger than the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
The 6 schools in Lacey Township School District enroll 3,913 students altogether, Lacey Township Middle School among them.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Ocean County residents, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Lacey Township Middle School lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.4 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 33% of the student body. The average for public schools in Ocean County is 44%.
Lacey Township Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Lacey Township Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.7% and a predicted 48.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ocean County show that median household income comes to about $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ocean County counts 117 public schools with about 66,051 students.
Lacey Township Middle School's nearest public school is Lacey Township High School (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lacey Township Middle School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lacey Township Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lacey Township Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 160 students, from 659 to 819. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.0:1 to 13.4:1.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lacey Township School District
- Lacey Township High SchoolHigh · 1,119 students
- Mill Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Forked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other schools in FORKED RIVER
- Forked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- OCEAN RCHHigh
Nearby schools
- Lacey Township High School0.3 mi · 1,119
- Mill Pond Elementary School0.7 mi · 599
- Cedar Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary School1.0 mi · 465
- Forked River Elementary School1.1 mi · 479
- Central Regional Middle School2.2 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Lacey Township Middle SchoolHow large is Lacey Township Middle School?
Lacey Township Middle School enrolls approximately 819 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lacey Township Middle School serve?
Lacey Township Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lacey Township Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lacey Township Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (61 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lacey Township Middle School?
Lacey Township Middle School reports a student body of 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lacey Township Middle School?
Lacey Township Middle School is overseen by Lacey Township School District in Ocean County.
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